While Leia, Phasma, and Maz had smaller roles than I expected, Rey is unequivocably the hero of this. The story never follows him after the crash, and we're just told later that "Oh! Hey! I survived and made it off the planet, too, all off-camera!" It felt tacked on, and less like a surprise and more like a decision made then tweaked into the script. The Force Awakens had the chance to make even more female characters the core of those stories. Rey never thought she would leave the desert planet of Jakku, but her life is turned upside down when she meets BB-8, a small droid with a big secret. Bringing Poe back was a great move (Issac is perfect in the role!), but his sudden reappearance is a bit jarring. Star Wars The Force Awakens: Rey's Story. But later on, Abrams decided to keep the character around and have him show up in the back half to help lead the X-Wing mission. It's the classic fake-out approach, and even though Poe wasn't supposed to survive the first act, Isaac signed on anyway. Rey, who was powerful in the Force, who fought in the climatic battle against the main villain (summoning Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber in a moment that legitimately gave me chills), and who is undoubtedly being set up as this trilogy’s ‘chosen one,’ a role that it is almost unheard of for female characters to fill. Abrams originally recruited him to play Poe in The Force Awakens, he told him his character would be a brash, charismatic pilot who leads this daring escape-then dies in the crash. There's a reason we don't see Poe Dameron following the crash of his TIE Fighter on Jakku once he helps Finn escape, and that's because he was supposed to die in that scene. Star Wars The Force Awakens: Rey's Story Paperback Februby Elizabeth Schaefer (Author) 158 ratings Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 1 million more titles 3.99 to buy Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Library Binding from 8.00 1 Used from 8.00 1 New from 14.
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